Autopsy Reveals Beating Death

June 16, 1989

NEWPORT NEWS — An autopsy revealed that the man found dead Wednesday morning in Denbigh was beaten to death about a week ago.

Police still have not been able to identify the man, who was found by electrical workers about 350 feet west of Industrial Park Drive and about a quarter-mile west of Jefferson Avenue, said Sgt. Mike Brewer of the city Police Department.

The man had a tattoo of a seated coyote howling at an orange moon on his right shoulder and a necklace with a canine's tooth, Brewer said. He was about 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighed about 200 to 220 pounds. He had dark, reddish hair and a mustache.